Same. My boyfriend hasn't been drinking either and he always says he wants to go to his favorite brewery and I tell him he can but.."well it will be boring without you drinking" Ughh
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Vomiting in the garden of a taproom 😂 whilst very very sober lol!!!
Brewdog nanny state and the AF one got me through when I was able to tolerate them
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Will have to go it a go, have heard a few people say nanny state! Have you tried the no-alc version of Hazy Jane? I tried the hazy Jane and fresh orange at brewdog once and was a big fan. Wondering if I can recreate!
Ooh so my favourites.. Omnipollo Konx 🏆 Pohjala prenzlauer raspberry sour Lervig no worries fruity ones (grapefruit, lemon, mango, pineapple)
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Will deffo check these out - really missing sours and the fruity ones sound 👌🏼👌🏼
I'm a sours drinker too, the lervig is more IPA than sour but enjoyed them. Hazy AF was good when I had it a while ago too
The Brightside Brewery in Radcliffe do a 0.5% beer called Nemo. That, and Punk AF have been my saviours. But I'm even getting fed up of those ones now! Argh just give me a proper pint! 🙃
I loved these when I was pregnant. Wise bartender has loads of nice things. https://wisebartender.co.uk/big-drop-double-strike-alcohol-free-sour-beer-05-abv-1568-p.asp https://shop.cloudwaterbrew.co/products/copy-of-mango-citra-sour-soda?variant=39578978484304
Brulo were the nicest no alcohol beers I tried when I was pregnant, still not as good as the real thing though 😅
Agreed @Grace brulo have some really great beers. And have been a real go to for me. My fave 7 hop 7 grain but, I would happily drink any of them. They do a fruit gose, which I haven’t tried but their colab north north brewing , Mango Guava IPA has slightly sour vibes. In terms of lager after an extensive search I think Heineken 0.0 is my winner. Even though I’m really not a fan of big beer I give them their dues!
I own a couple of pubs in the NE - when I was pregnant, I drank a lot of brulo, coast, Flensberger lemon radler, Jever Fun (German lager and the closest to its big brother of any af, we stock both and I do side by sides occasionally to check!). Also, to up the variety a bit I'd shandy the AFs...Adnams Ghost Ship with Fentimans ginger beer is my favourite lol.
Love this, @Susannah af lager tops has been a life saver. Most pubs will have some sort of af lager which can always be saved with a little lemonade! Will need to give ghostship/ ginger-beer a go!
The staff now know it as a Ginger Ghost. I get served it in one of my favourite lantern tankards. 😆
Big Drop Brewery have been a great substitute for me, the Pine Trail and Uptime Lager have been the best AF I've tasted
Oh my husband has and I’ve been sooo jealous! I keep refusing to buy the ones I want to try for him because I get too much FOMO 🙈 we visit a lot of taprooms, but they never have non-alcoholic beers on - is there anything more sad than drinking juice in a taproom?!